Door-fastening device



Aug. 25, '1925.

1,551,506 S. W. PARSONS DOOR FASTENING DEVICE Filed April 18, 1923 xxqPatented Aug. 25, 1925.

UNITED STAT Es p 1,551,50e PATENT oer-Ice.

sT UAnT w. PARSONS, ornnw BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASS GNOR To THE .sTANLnYworms, or NEW'BBJTAIN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION or. CONNECTICUT.

DOOR-FASTENING DEVICE.

Application filed April 18, 1923. Serial no. 632,857.

A. difficulty 'encounteredin devising. door I fastening,devices isithat.doors which are subject to weather conditions,isuch as in thecase ofgarage doors and the like, become warped-so that in closing them it isnecessary to springineither the top or bottom in ordertoetightly.closethe door space, and for this reason it has generally been thepractice to providea separatecatch or fastening .deviceforthetop. andbottom of the door. When using such an arrangement, considerable forcemust beappliedin an inconvenient manner to firstlock theftop or thebottom, as thecase may be, and then to spring. and fasten the other.-side. It'is, ac cordingly, an object of this invention toprovide animproved formandarrangement for door fastening by which the top j andbottom.

' may be.fastenedsimultaneously. 1 j

Anotherxobject of theinvention is to provide an efficient device-forfastening doors by which-the force to close the door is applied throughthe fasteningidevice itself.

Another obj'ect of the-invention is to provide an improved form of doorfastening device which; maybe 'adjustably fitted to a variety of varyingheights of doors.

Other objects will be in part obvious and. in part pointed outhereinafter. I

The invention accordingly consists in the features ofconstruction,combination of ele ments and arrangement of parts whichwill be exemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth, and thescope of the'application of which will be indicated inthe ap-' pendedclaim.

In the drawing, in which is illustrated a door fastening deviceconstructed in accordance with the practice of this invention .and inwhich similar reference characters refer to similar parts Fig. 1 is anelevation showingthe fastening device mounted on a door, and the memberson the wall anddoor casing with which the door fastening devicecooperatesto close the door;

Fig. Q'is-aplz'm view taken along the line;

22 and illustrating the mannerin; which certainportions "of the. deviceoperate to.

force the. door into. closed position and.

Fig- 3 is a sectional View along. theline position.

Referring to the drawing-,the device com- 33, showing the means forholding the J door fastening: device in its open or closed prises a roda mounted vertically on a door I) by meansof recessedangleplates c andprovided atleither. end .withia clawd, the

upper one of which engagesa pincmounted on'the door casing; and a pin fmounted 1n the floor for engagement bythe lower claw and a handle 9 bymeans of which theirod a I may be turned-toenga-gethe pins '6 and 'f.

The rod a is made in two sections 1O and- 11 which arejoined by means ofthe sleeve 12. Each of these sections isboredasat 13 to provide a numberof bolt holes at varying distancesfrom the endsof the rod.

Near each end of the sleeve 12there is'provided ahole corresponding insize to the holes. 13 so-that a-bolt 15 may] be passed through. oneofthe holes13 and the-hole 1 1 when in-registryto lengthen-or shorten therod: a. Generally centrally of the sleeve 12 there is'provided' a boss16 UPOITWVhlOlTth'G handleig ispivotally mounted by meansofa pin17passing through the handle andthe boss.- 'Wh en itisdesired torotate-the rod a, the handle gimay be liftedto provide suflicientLleverage; 'B'eing thus pivoted the handle may be dropped to be out ofthe way, and, additionally in this position the handle cooperates with alocking means hereinafter described.

Each of the claws has its active or pin engaging edge 18 curved so as toform a cam surface whichfacilitates in'closing the door in that theclaws hook about the pins, so to speak, and force the door to fullclosed position when the handle is turned.

Bearings for the rod 0; are provided by angle plates 0 suitablyaperturedto receive bushings 20 replaceable when worn, which the mainbearing members 0 by which the rod a is kept from bending out ofalinement when pressure is applied to the handle 9.

The pin 0, which is located at the casing for engagement with the claw(Z, is mounted on a plate 25. The plate may be screwed or fastened inany suitable manner onto the door casing, and in such position that whenthe door is nearly closed and the claw (Z is rotated by means of the roda and the handle g, the end of the claw will engage therewith so as todraw the top of the door inwardly. The pin is preferably embedded in aconcrete floor adjacent the door jamb and is held rigidly between twoend plates 29 which form the top and bottom of an open sided boxstructure having a side plate 30 pro vided to join the end plates 29 tokeep them. in properly spaced relation. The side plate 30 also acts as adoor stop. The pin f is engaged by the lower claw d in precisely thesame manner as the upper pin e above described.

If the door 6 is warped somewhat, it may be that the top or bottom willtend to spring outwardly when the door has been fastened and, therefore,it is desirable that, when the door has been pulled tightly shut, meansbe provided for holding the handle 9 to prevent reverse rotation of therod a which would release the claws (Z. To this end there is provided anangularly bent sheet metal member 32 shown in plan in Fig. 3 which isapertured to receive the sleeve 12 therethrough so that the member maybe screwed or bolted to the door and extend horizontally adjacent thepath of the handle g. Two notches are provided in the horizontallyextending portion of the member 32 such as are indicated at 34: and 86so that when the handle 9 is allowed to drop it will fall into one orthe other of these notches and be held there. If the handle 9 be turnedin its door fastening position, it may be dropped into the notch 86, andif rotated to its disengaging position, it may be dropped in the notch34, being held in either of these positions by the projection 37separating the notches.

The handle g is preferably made of sheet metal material, and has a faceor body portion 40 with side ribs 41 extending at right angles theretoand ears 42 extending generally in the direction of theside ribs a1 butslightly therebeyond and apertured to receive the pivot pin 17. Themetal is cut away slightly adjacent the ears 4-2 as indicated at 44- soas to permit the handle to assume a horizontal position at right anglesto the rod a.

Thus, by the above described construction, are accomplished, amongothers, the objects hereinbefore referred to.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and manyapparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be madewithout departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all mattercontained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawingshall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the language used in the followingclaims is intended to cover all of the features of the invention hereindescribed and all statements of the scope of theinvention which, as amatter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

I claim as my invention:

A door fastening device comprising a sleeve, rods connected to theopposite ends of the sleeve, bolt heads carried by the rods forengagement with fixed keepers, a bearing bracket for said sleeve havingan outstanding projection with notches on the opposite edges thereof,and a handle pivoted on said sleeve to turn therewith and move the boltheads into locking and released positions and to swing thereon intoposition to engage said notches and secure the bolt heads in saidlocking and released positions.

STUART lV. PARSONS.

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